Ask A Zoologist Anything You Want About Extinct Birds!

Helen James , the Curator - in - guardianship of thebird collectionat the National Museum of Natural History , is here to today to take our doubt ! Ask her whatever you require about extinct bird , bird evolution , and the secrets hold in the fossil record .

James has a doctorate in fauna from Oxford University . In add-on to overseeing the museum ’s bird collection , James focuses her enquiry on the fossil records of island birds , particularly the Hawaiian island . She also centre on the evolutionary relationships between shuttlecock and the shock on bird of island ecology .

She ’ll be here from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. ( Pacific time ) , so set out asking her your questions about the tarradiddle behind extermination , what the fogey phonograph recording tells us about biodiversity now and then , the assemblage at the National Museum of Natural History , and whatever else you want !